Interspersal

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The act of scattering or spreading things at intervals throughout a space or among other items
2. The process of distributing items or elements dispersed at regular or irregular intervals among other things
3. The action of placing or distributing things at scattered points within or throughout a larger arrangement

Etymology: "Interspersal" is simply a noun formed from the verb "intersperse" with the suffix "-al," which turns a verb into a noun naming the act of doing it. "Intersperse" itself comes from Latin "interspersus," the past participle of "interspergere," built from "inter" (between) and "spargere" (to scatter or sprinkle). The core image is of things scattered in among other things, so an interspersal is the act of putting something in among others, or the state of being so placed.

Synonyms: interspersion, scattering, dispersal

Antonyms: concentration, consolidation